Nash House (601 Rock Street, Little Rock, Arkansas)

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Location601 Rock St., Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′32″N92°16′2″W / 34.74222°N 92.26722°W / 34.74222; -92.26722 Coordinates: 34°44′32″N92°16′2″W / 34.74222°N 92.26722°W / 34.74222; -92.26722
Built1907
Architect Charles L. Thompson
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian Revival
Part of MacArthur Park Historic District (ID77000269)
MPS Thompson, Charles L., Design Collection TR
NRHP reference No. 82000914 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1982
Designated CPJuly 25, 1977

The Nash House is a historic house at 601 Rock Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboard siding. A two-story gabled section projects on the right side of the main facade, and the left side has a two-story flat-roof porch, with large fluted Ionic columns supporting an entablature and dentillated and modillioned eave. Designed by Charles L. Thompson and built in 1907, it is a fine example of a modestly scaled Colonial Revival property. Another house that Thompson designed for Walter Nash stands nearby. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Nash House (601 Rock St.)". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-12-07.